Hazelnut-Mocha Truffles

Name: Hazelnut-Mocha Truffles
Yield: Makes 64 truffles
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 cups (12 ounces/340 grams), bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped; 1/2 cup, heavy cream; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 2 tablespoons, Frangelico (hazelnut flavored liqueur); 1 tablespoon, espresso powder; Pinch, salt; 1 1/2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and softened; , Dutch-processed cocoa; 1 1/2 cups finely, chopped hazelnuts

Desserts or Baked Goods
French
Chocolate
Make Ahead
Candy
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2012

Turning out dense, creamy, professional-quality chocolate truffles at home was easy—once we found a cure for the grainy texture.

SERVES Makes 64 truffles

TIME 50 minutes, plus 2 hours resting and 4 hours chilling

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